# 1991 Louth County Council election

An election to Louth County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 12 | 0 | 13,370 | 37.03 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | -2 | 7,655 | 21.20 | |
| | Labour | 2 | 0 | 4,346 | 12.04 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 2 | +2 | 1,643 | 4.55 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 2,556 | 7.08 | |
| | Independent | 3 | 0 | 6,532 | 18.09 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | 0 | 36,103 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ardee

Ardee - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John McConville* | 12.4% | 820 | 821 | 827 | 905 | 938 | 1,000 | 1,029 | 1,072 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Markey* | 12.3% | 812 | 840 | 853 | 862 | 901 | 928 | 1,090 | 1,095 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nicholas McCabe* | 11.8% | 781 | 796 | 812 | 924 | 1,160 | | | |
| | Independent | Hugh D. Conlon* | 10.5% | 692 | 707 | 771 | 852 | 860 | 958 | 1,095 | 1,097 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas McGrory* | 10.2% | 672 | 674 | 697 | 725 | 727 | 798 | 859 | 859 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Finnan McCoy | 9.3% | 613 | 655 | 683 | 689 | 755 | 785 | 890 | 901 |
| | Independent | Dessie Taaffe | 8.8% | 578 | 609 | 655 | 660 | 676 | 708 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colm Keenan | 5.8% | 380 | 392 | 410 | 433 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy McShane | 5.2% | 344 | 347 | 368 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jackie McGahon | 5.1% | 333 | 346 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Terry Butterly | 5% | 332 | 339 | 436 | 448 | 455 | | | |
| | Labour | Gerry Halpenny | 3.2% | 213 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Josephine Doherty | 0.3% | 23 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,626 Valid: 6,593 (56.7%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,099 Turnout: 6,662 (57.3%) ||||||||||||

### Carlingford

Carlingford - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Miceal O'Donnell* | 26% | 1,226 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Terry Brennan* | 21% | 989 | 994 | 1,069 | 1,139 | 1,541 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Savage* | 16.7% | 786 | 815 | 878 | 931 | 1,033 | 1,178 |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy Elmore | 12.6% | 592 | 595 | 638 | 680 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Arthur Morgan | 12.4% | 582 | 587 | 616 | 707 | 803 | 879 |
| | Independent | Peter Mulligan | 5.9% | 279 | 281 | 313 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Don Johnston | 5.5% | 258 | 261 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,253 Valid: 4,712 (64.97%) Spoilt: 38 Quota: 1,179 Turnout: 4,750 (65.49%) ||||||||||

### Drogheda Rural

Drogheda Rural - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Labour | Michael Bell TD* | 25.8% | 1,309 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Mulroy* | 18.9% | 958 | 1,003 | 1,056 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Tully | 8.7% | 443 | 459 | 480 | 483 | 618 | 632 | 652 | 708 | 1,016 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Coyle | 7.8% | 397 | 411 | 442 | 455 | 466 | 497 | 615 | 654 | 715 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Godfrey | 7.1% | 358 | 387 | 411 | 423 | 437 | 504 | 621 | 714 | 782 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Taaffe | 6.3% | 317 | 321 | 341 | 344 | 360 | 364 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Carr | 6% | 306 | 330 | 341 | 344 | 443 | 500 | 515 | 577 | |
| | Fine Gael | Daniel Woods | 5.7% | 291 | 300 | 311 | 312 | | | | | |
| | Independent | June Carroll-Holcroft | 5.4% | 272 | 285 | 328 | 332 | 344 | 393 | 424 | | |
| | Independent | Tomas O hEochaidh | 4.8% | 245 | 254 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Burke | 3.3% | 169 | 301 | 318 | 321 | 328 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,865 Valid: 5,065 (51.34%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 5,127 (51.97%) |||||||||||||

### Drogheda Urban

Drogheda Urban - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Labour | Betty Bell | 17.7% | 989 | 994 | 1,025 | 1,040 | 1,071 | 1,080 | 1,112 | 1,150 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Murphy* | 12.4% | 689 | 698 | 702 | 706 | 721 | 769 | 795 | 819 | 879 | 1,080 | 1,188 | | |
| | Labour | Patsy Kirwan | 9.1% | 510 | 516 | 542 | 553 | 561 | 570 | 588 | 605 | 642 | 692 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fergus O'Dowd* | 8.3% | 461 | 467 | 469 | 484 | 505 | 520 | 563 | 702 | 751 | 817 | 894 | 903 | 913 |
| | Independent | Tommy Byrne | 8.2% | 456 | 461 | 470 | 488 | 506 | 516 | 563 | 651 | 707 | 753 | 864 | 886 | 897 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con O'Brien | 8% | 448 | 448 | 450 | 453 | 457 | 561 | 591 | 604 | 645 | 773 | 893 | 933 | 936 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Collins | 7.6% | 422 | 425 | 430 | 433 | 442 | 489 | 517 | 530 | 569 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ken O'Heiligh | 6.7% | 372 | 382 | 384 | 387 | 415 | 418 | 434 | 442 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eugene Byrne | 5.7% | 317 | 319 | 328 | 347 | 352 | 354 | 362 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matt Nolan | 4.5% | 251 | 253 | 255 | 256 | 257 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Finian Brannigan | 4.3% | 242 | 244 | 247 | 255 | 265 | 270 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Donnchadha MacRagnaill | 2.7% | 149 | 156 | 158 | 164 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Rosemary Coyle | 2% | 113 | 114 | 119 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joe Shields | 1.7% | 97 | 99 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Reilly | 1.1% | 62 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,615 Valid: 5,579 (52.56%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,116 Turnout: 5,639 (53.12%) |||||||||||||

### Dundalk Rural

Dundalk Rural - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dermot Ahern TD* | 21.2% | 1,550 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Declan Breathnach | 12% | 875 | 982 | 1,023 | 1,063 | 1,095 | 1,152 | 1,355 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Lennon* | 11.1% | 807 | 815 | 819 | 915 | 1,009 | 1,066 | 1,084 | 1,087 | 1,133 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jim Cousins | 9% | 659 | 684 | 697 | 718 | 807 | 951 | 1,048 | 1,068 | 1,088 |
| | Sinn Féin | Frank Duffy | 8.2% | 602 | 618 | 639 | 645 | 668 | 709 | 729 | 734 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly | 7.8% | 571 | 590 | 606 | 644 | 652 | 664 | 789 | 895 | 971 |
| | Fine Gael | John McGuinness* | 7.3% | 530 | 589 | 601 | 620 | 710 | 784 | 828 | 832 | 887 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy McEvoy | 6.1% | 448 | 481 | 536 | 545 | 560 | 582 | | | |
| | Labour | Frank Carney | 5.8% | 422 | 432 | 446 | 473 | 503 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Stephen Burns | 4.9% | 358 | 373 | 384 | 394 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dessie Taaffe | 3.9% | 286 | 289 | 319 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kenny | 2.1% | 150 | 185 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Josephine Doherty | 0.6% | 42 | 44 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,563 Valid: 7,300 (53.82%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,217 Turnout: 7,376 (54.38%) |||||||||||||

### Dundalk Urban

Dundalk Urban - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Independent | Thomas Bellew* | 18.9% | 1,295 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Keelan* | 11% | 753 | 766 | 775 | 843 | 847 | 851 | 873 | 902 | 1,015 | 1,069 | 1,113 | 1,423 | |
| | Fine Gael | Conor McGahon | 9.9% | 680 | 694 | 745 | 759 | 784 | 820 | 938 | 967 | 996 | 1,072 | 1,153 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Kenna | 9.7% | 667 | 675 | 676 | 686 | 729 | 749 | 757 | 829 | 839 | 857 | 898 | 923 | 940 |
| | Independent | Neil McCann* | 7% | 482 | 500 | 524 | 535 | 549 | 581 | 610 | 626 | 659 | 711 | 786 | 865 | 919 |
| | Independent | Martin Bellew | 6.1% | 419 | 440 | 447 | 454 | 478 | 504 | 537 | 640 | 658 | 749 | 838 | 899 | 945 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Lennon | 5% | 344 | 349 | 353 | 383 | 391 | 405 | 414 | 418 | 544 | 592 | 623 | | |
| | Independent | Jimmy Callan | 4.5% | 308 | 324 | 329 | 331 | 362 | 374 | 388 | 412 | 435 | | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick Brennan | 4.4% | 305 | 315 | 319 | 320 | 326 | 382 | 406 | 434 | 446 | 471 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pearse O'Hanrahan | 4.4% | 304 | 310 | 310 | 346 | 357 | 367 | 373 | 381 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Bellew | 3.9% | 266 | 283 | 285 | 289 | 299 | 318 | 350 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Carroll | 3.7% | 253 | 259 | 299 | 302 | 304 | 317 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Peter Short | 3.5% | 237 | 241 | 242 | 247 | 259 | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Paddy Kerr | 2.9% | 199 | 203 | 204 | 207 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Derek Watters | 2.9% | 198 | 202 | 202 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Gallagher | 2.1% | 144 | 150 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,373 Valid: 6,854 (55.39%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 6,918 (55.91%) |||||||||||||||||